Year: 2014

A Dorset company has come to the aid of animal owners hit hard by the floods in Somerset.
Parley-based Eco Sustainable Solutions has donated 60 bales of its ComfyBed animal bedding.

With the recent celebrations to welcome the Chinese Year of the Horse, it is a cruel irony that Britain’s horses and ponies are likely to be facing the worst 12 months in living memory. This warning comes from The British Horse Society, one of Britain’s leading horse charities. With more equine welfare officers than any…

Take your unwanted toy cars to Sainsbury stores* and help Beaulieu beat the Guinness World Record for the ‘longest line of toy cars’. The current record of 9,795 was set in Guatemala last December. The attempt at Beaulieu will take place on Bank Holiday Monday, 5 May and will be held in the grounds of the attraction…

A 20-year-old man from Sutton in Surrey has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for manslaughter. Lewis Gill pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced on Friday 21 February 2014 at Salisbury Crown Court. He was given a four year prison sentence for manslaughter and a further six months’ imprisonment for other matters committed outside…

A major clear-up operation continues in the New Forest after the weekend’s storm and biggest tidal surge the area has seen for over 25 years.
Over the last week hundreds of council and multi agency staff have been working together around the clock to manage a variety of unprecedented incidents caused by the extreme weather conditions.

New Forest District Council will mark Commonwealth Day 2014 on Monday 10 March by holding a short ceremony and raising the Commonwealth flag at Lymington Town Hall. The council joins 500 other local authorities, community groups and charities throughout the British Isles that will take part in Fly a Flag for the Commonwealth to mark…

Borough of Poole has welcomed the Government’s decision to provide further support for those people affected by flooding. The Government has announced how the four schemes, aimed at helping both businesses and households that have been flooded, will work. Borough of Poole is keen to make this information available to local people so that they…

Bournemouth residents are being invited to take part in a litter pick along the seafront today, Friday 21 February. Organised by Bournemouth Council’s seafront team, volunteers wanting to take part should meet at Boscombe Pier at 1pm. All necessary equipment will be provided by the Council including hi visibility vests, bags, gloves and litter grabbers…